Smells that take you back

[Beetlenut]

I was driving the other day, and passed a field of clover that smelled heavenly. It reminded me of when I was a little kid and use to catch bumble bees in a glass jar in the summer time in Florida. What smells take you back to your childhood?

 

[Trekchick]

Smells bring back vivid memories for me. Mostly there is a distinct smell that I can't describe, which caught from time to time that makes me feel Ahhhhhhh. It's a smell that I recall from times skiing at Stowe and Killington with friends a few years ago.

Sounds do it for me too.
This may sound stupid, but I ride my bike three mornings a week (weather permitting) with a girlfriend.
Its a ride that is hilly but not challenging, just enough to start the day off right.
On this ride there is a section of gravel road that takes me back to being a kid. The sound of gravel road under bike tires makes me feel like a kid again.

 

[Marc]

cow poop

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I was driving the other day, and passed a field of clover that smelled heavenly. It reminded me of when I was a little kid and use to catch bumble bees in a glass jar in the summer time in Florida. What smells take you back to your childhood?

Alot of times when I'm in a cemetery installing tombstones and they're gnats in my eyes and my feet are wet from dew...it reminds me of camp..

The smell of feet, fries and urine of the main summit lodge at Blue mountain also brings back memorys..

 

[mondeo]

cow poop

+1

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

An evening breeze coming through the windows. An early morning breeze coming off the ocean.

 

[deadheadskier]

Fall

crisp air, decomposing leaves, mums etc. For whatever reason, I remember the autumn season more than others from my childhood. Playing football with the neighborhood kids, Halloween and excitement for the first snow of the year.

 

[wa-loaf]

I have a bottle of perfume that was my wife's. She wore it a lot when we were dating. Reminds me of good times and lots of sex.

 

[wa-loaf]

Not a smell, but the sound of cicadas on hot summer days reminds me of being a kid and just being out playing all day in the summer.

 

[andyzee]

cow poop

Taking into consideration that I was raised in the city but spent summers in the country, I actually have to agree with that one.

 

[powbmps]

Simple Green. My friend's dad used to swear by the stuff. He had gallons of it on hand at all times.

Everytime I smell that stuff it brings me back 20+ years to borrowing tools and working on my car in their barn.

Weird.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Whenever I smell a skunk, it reminds me of the dorms at UVM

 

[Trekchick]

I have a bottle of perfume that was my wife's. She wore it a lot when we were dating. Reminds me of good times and lots of sex.

That actually brought a tear to my eye. ((hugs))

Sounds do it for me too.
This may sound stupid, but I ride my bike three mornings a week (weather permitting) with a girlfriend.
Its a ride that is hilly but not challenging, just enough to start the day off right.
On this ride there is a section of gravel road that takes me back to being a kid. The sound of gravel road under bike tires makes me feel like a kid again.

Not a smell, but the sound of cicadas on hot summer days reminds me of being a kid and just being out playing all day in the summer.

Yup, That gets me! sounds really bring things back...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The smell of Dinty Moore Beef Stew reminds me of my first girlfriend..lol

 

[Grassi21]

skunk or blueberries...

 

[RootDKJ]

dank basements remind me of getting ready for camping trips with the boy scouts...on several levels.

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

The diesel room smell at the plant reminds me when I was aboard ship in the Navy.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

dank basements remind me of getting ready for camping trips with the boy scouts...on several levels.

Were you ever canteen boy?

 

[Paul]

I agree with the dirty hippie, something about Autumn...

 

[mondeo]

I agree with the dirty hippie

Which one?